Course Descriptions

This a list of all courses the College can offer; the College does not offer all courses every semester. For the current semester's courses, go to the class schedule. The class schedule provides more complete information, including course description, instructor, course fee, and textbook required.

*IAI (Illinois Articulation Agreement) - An agreement among participating Illinois colleges and universities to help Illinois college students transfer credit as easily as possible. See an advisor in Academic Advising for additional information, or read about the IAI at www.iTransfer.org.

HUM121 - Western Culture and the Arts: Renaissance through the 20th CenturyCourse surveys the great artistic and intellectual accomplishments of Western civilization from the Renaissance through the 20th Century. Content includes visual arts, literature, drama, philosophy, architecture, and music studied inhistorical context.IAI HF 9033 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: HF 903

HUM122 - Contemporary Culture and the ArtsCourse concentrates on culture and arts of the last 50 years, with focus on appreciation and critical evaluation of contemporary culture. Content provides interdisciplinary perspectives on literature, music, drama, visual arts, architecture, TV, film, and cultural theory, as well as forces that influence the arts.IAI HF 9013 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: HF 901

HUM123 - Introduction to ArtCourse provides a survey of the visual arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and architecture) emphasizing how art transmits cultural traditions and aesthetic values. Content includes the historical, social and technological factors that contribute to understanding the function and meaning of works of art.IAI F2 9003 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: F2 900

HUM125 - Introduction to MusicCourse examines music through a basic stylistic survey. Content includes the vocabulary of sounds (rhythm, pitch, intensity and timbre), instruments and forms as illustrated by music from medieval times to the present. Music of Western civilization emphasized and compared to music from other cultures.IAI F1 9003 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: F1 900

HUM126 - Introduction to Music TheaterCourse surveys the musical, dramatic and stylistic development of music theater, from the year 1600 to the present. Content includes selected major works of opera, operetta, musicals and ballet. Focus is on the cultural framework that gives rise to these art forms.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)

HUM141 - Introduction to LGBTQ StudiesCourse introduces the interdisciplinary field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer studies, which seeks to understand and challenge inequalities related to sexuality and gender identity. Course traces the philosophical, literary and historical emergence of the LGBTQ discipline to explore the many ways it has addressed our cultural experiences, as well as diverse representations of sexuality and gender identity in literature and popular media.IAI H9 9003 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: H9 900

HUM142 - Women and CreativityCourse explores selected creative work done by women. Content includes literature, art, music, film, and philosophy; may also explore women’s creativity as manifested through shaping of community and domestic institutions, and through domestic arts. Focus may be either historical or contemporary.IAI HF 907D3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: HF 907D

HUM160 - Introduction to FilmCourse offers a survey of the historical development of film, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production that have had significant influence on film as an art form. Topics include basic film language, editing, light, sound,camera movement, and related topics. IAI F2 9093 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 1)IAI Code: F2 909

HUM161 - Global CinemaCourse offers a survey of the historical development of global cinema outside of Hollywood and the United States, emphasizing a study of films and innovations in film production, distribution, and exhibition, as well as changes in national identity, that have had significant influence on cinema as an international art form.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 0)IAI Code: F2 909

HUM162 - Film and LiteratureCourse examines written works and their cinematic and televisual equivalents to encourage the ability to analyze and evaluate artistic expression and social meaning and to appreciate the dynamics of adaptation from one medium into another.3 Credit Hours (lecture: 3; lab: 1)

HUM290 - Topics in HumanitiesCourse explores selected topics in music, film, art history, architecture, or any other humanities discipline. Course content varies. May focus on a single artist or composer, group of artists or composers, stylistic period, or particular trendsduring one such period. Representative course titles might include: Mozart’s Late Opera, Contemporary American Film, or Chicago Architecture. Course can be repeated on different topics up to three times. Prerequisite may vary by topic.1-4 Credit Hours (lecture: 1-4; lab: 1-4)